# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Maldives

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Maldives was 15.69% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `mv`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/maldives
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=mv

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 15.69 |
| 2024 | 14.81 |
| 2023 | 14.12 |
| 2022 | 14.27 |
| 2021 | 15.32 |
| 2020 | 16.15 |
| 2019 | 13.5 |
| 2018 | 14.02 |
| 2017 | 14.59 |
| 2016 | 15.13 |
| 2015 | 16.83 |
| 2014 | 18.37 |
| 2013 | 19.64 |
| 2012 | 20.82 |
| 2011 | 22.11 |
| 2010 | 23.34 |
| 2009 | 24.66 |
| 2008 | 21.9 |
| 2007 | 19.87 |
| 2006 | 17.71 |
| 2005 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 13.26 |
| 2003 | 11.12 |
| 2002 | 8.95 |
| 2001 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 3.39 |
| 1997 | 2.88 |
| 1996 | 2.37 |
| 1995 | 1.87 |
| 1994 | 1.85 |
| 1993 | 1.84 |
| 1992 | 1.8 |
| 1991 | 1.77 |